Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage for John W. Donaldson and Archie K. Hughes
Veterans--Florida
Marriages--United States
The marriage license and certificate of marriage for John W. Donaldson and Archie K. Hughes, who were married in Winter Haven, Florida, on March 26, 1924. Because Archie was under 21 at the time of marriage, her mother had to sign a consent form.<br /><br />
John W. Donaldson (1897-1946) was born on September 8, 1897, to John F. and Hattie Donaldson in Waldo, Florida. He enlisted in the United States Army in March of 1918, at the age of 20, and was assigned to the Motor Transport Corps of the 5th Division. John trained at Camp Johnston in Jacksonville, Florida, before leaving for New Jersey, where he set sail aboard the USS America on June 10, 1918, and arrived at Brest, France, on June 19, 1918. He spent some time at Camp Pontanezen, a crowded rest camp, where soldiers performed construction work. In France, John served as a chauffeur in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. During the intense six-week battle, John sustained shrapnel wounds on his left knee and burns on his neck. Before being honorably discharged on May 3, 1920, he rose to the rank of Sergeant Major, the highest rank for a non-commissioned officer. Donaldson returned to Florida after discharge, where he married Archie K. Hughes in 1924, in Winter Haven. In 1929, they had a son named Delbert. The couple divorced in 1931. He visited VA hospitals in North Carolina and Bay Pines, Florida, for tuberculosis treatment. On April 10, 1937, John married again to Lillie May Holloway, but they divorced some time after. John was admitted to the VA hospital in Kerrville, Texas, on February 9, 1946, and died two days later due to cerebral thrombosis. He rests in Bay Pines National Cemetery at Section 11, Row 2, Site 13.<br /><br />
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s <a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for K-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Bureau of Vital Statistics, <a href="https://www.floridahealth.gov/" target="_blank">Florida Department of Health</a>
Digital reproduction of original marriage license and certificate of marriage, March 26, 1924: <a href="https://www.polkcountyclerk.net/" target="_blank">Polk County Clerk of Court</a>.
Bureau of Vital Statistics, <a href="https://www.floridahealth.gov/" target="_blank">Florida Department of Health</a>
Donaldson, John W.
Holland, S.L.
Hughes, Archie K.
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State of Ohio Marriage Record
Veterans--Florida
Marriages--United States
The State of Ohio marriage record for Alexander Lard Lucas (1893-1989) and Anna Thurman. The marriage license was filed and issued on June 27, 1918.<br /><br />
Born in Satilla Mills, Georgia, on June 6, 1893, Lucas moved to Jacksonville, Florida, as a teenager. By 1918, he had moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to pursue a career as a mechanic. Lucas was drafted into the United States Army on August 9, of 1918. Following his service, he worked as a tailor in Lansing, Michigan. By 1940, Lucas found a position as a shipping clerk for the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC. He lived in federal public housing attached to the North Interior Building in downtown Washington, where he worked. Between 1942 and 1989, he moved to the Miami area, where he passed away on March 2, 1989, at the age of ninety-five. Alexander Lucas is buried in the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida.<br /><br />
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s <a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
<a href="https://www.odh.ohio.gov/vitalstatistics/vitalmisc/mrgdiv.aspx" target="_blank">Ohio Department of Health</a>
Digital reproduction of original state marriage record.
<a href="https://www.odh.ohio.gov/vitalstatistics/vitalmisc/mrgdiv.aspx" target="_blank">Ohio Department of Health</a>
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage for Van Buren Porcher and Taresa May Alridge
Gainesville (Fla.)
Marriages--United States
The marriage license and certificate of marriage for Van Buren Porcher (d. 1944) and Taresa May Alridge, who were married in Gainesville, Florida, on March 26, 1933. In 1939, presumably after the end of the couple's marriage, Porcher remarried Hattie Smith in Gainesville.<br /><br />Porcher was born in and enlisted from Alachua County, Private Porcher was assigned to the U.S. Army's 448th Quartermaster Troop Transport Company on May 28, 1943. While serving in World War II, Pvt. Porcher was Killed in Action (KIA) on September, 2, 1944. He is currently buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
Digital reproduction of <a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRZ9-JLY" target="_blank">original marriage license and certificate of marriage</a>, March 26, 1933: Image Number 01490, Digital Folder Number 004706994, GS Film Number 2115701, <a href="http://www.floridahealth.gov/" target="_blank">Florida Department of Health</a>, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Gainesville, Florida
Marriage License and Certificate of Marriage for Van Buren Porcher and Hattie Smith
Gainesville (Fla.)
Marriages--United States
The marriage license and certificate of marriage for Van Buren Porcher (d. 1944) and Hattie Smith, who were married in Gainesville, Florida, on October 24, 1939. Porcher had previously married Taresa May Aldridge in Gainesville in 1933.<br /><br />Porcher was born in and enlisted from Alachua County, Private Porcher was assigned to the U.S. Army's 448th Quartermaster Troop Transport Company on May 28, 1943. While serving in World War II, Pvt. Porcher was Killed in Action (KIA) on September, 2, 1944. He is currently buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
Digital reproduction of <a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRZ6-879" target="_blank">original marriage license and certificate of marriage</a>, March 26, 1933: Image Number 01982, Digital Folder Number 004707028, GS Film Number 2115735, <a href="http://www.floridahealth.gov/" target="_blank">Florida Department of Health</a>, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Gainesville, Florida
Wayne County, Michigan Marriages, September 25-28, 1922
Marriage--United States
Marriage records for the Wayne County, Michigan, from September 25 September 28, 1922. A notable couple listed in this record is Claude Haskell Maddox, Sr. (b. 1895) and Nita P. Lowe (b. 1900). After marrying in Detroit, the couple had three children together: James Robert Maddox (1924-1944), William Maddox, and Claude Haskell Maddox, Jr. The Maddox family had migrated to Columbia, South Carolina, by 1930 and then to Tallahassee, Florida by 1940. The oldest son, James Maddox, enlisted into the U.S. Army's 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division during World War II. Private Maddox was Killed in Action (KIA) on October 9, 1944, and is buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
Digital reproduction of original <a href="https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9J-CSG" target="_blank">marriage record</a>, September 1922: <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339-71551_4645---,00.html" target="_blank">Division of Vital Records</a>, Michigan Department of Human and Health Services, Lansing, Michigan.
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Wayne County, Michigan
Margaret Ann Gallagher is Bride of Lieut. Jack Cameron Heist
Weddings--United States
An article published in <em>The Wilkes-Barre Record</em> announcing the wedding of Margaret Ann Gallagher to Major Jack Cameron Heist (1919-1944). The ceremony was performed by Reverend Edward Gallagher at the Holy Savior Church in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The bride was a graduated from Coughlin High School and an employee of the U.S. Department of War. The bridegroom, then-Lieutenant Heist, was born to Henry S. Heist and Christina Heist on November 6, 1919, in Eustis, Florida. He received his commission on May 29, 1941, to serve in World War II. Maj. Heist was an Ammunition Officer for the XIX Corps. He died during his service in an ambush on September 2, 1944, near Thiant, France. He is currently buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France. Maj. Heist is one of 85 Florida residents interned at Epinal.
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: "<a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4441154/wilkesbarre_times_leader_the_evening/" target="_blank">Margaret Ann Gallagher is Bride of Lieut. Jack Cameron Heist</a>." <em>The Wilkes-Barre Record</em>, July 15, 1942. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4441154/wilkesbarre_times_leader_the_evening/.
<a href="http://www.newsherald.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Wilkes-Barre Record</em></a>
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Holy Saviour Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wedding of Charles Simeon Lee and Goldie Eva Beckley
Weddings--United States
Brides--United States
Grooms
Bridegrooms--United States
Charles Simeon Lee (1892-1991) and Goldie Eva Beckley (1892-1976), residents of Oviedo, on their wedding day, April 21, 1915. A farmer and the youngest son of Orange County Commissioner James Hiram Lee, Sr. (1844-1920) and Laura Agusta Barnett Lee (1851-1940), Lee was born on October 27, 1892. During the Great Depression, Lee grew celery and bought 20,000 acres to start a cattle ranch. He passed away on November 9, 1991. His wife was born in Wichita, Kansas, July 28, 1892 and died on March 24, 1976.
Original black and white photographic print, April 21, 1915: Private Collection of Vicki Clonts.
Clonts, Vicki
Bruce, Mimi
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Oviedo, Florida
Slavia News
Slavia (Fla.)
Celery
A newspaper article published by <em>The Central Florida Press</em> on June 20, 1930. The article reports news in Slavia, an unincorporated community southwest of Oviedo, Florida. News topics include the silver wedding anniversary of Andrew Jakubcin and Barbara Jakubcin; the annual meeting of the Slavia Drainage District, the return of Andrew Duda, John Duda, and Joe Mikler from Chicago; and the shipment of vegetables, especially celery, from Slavia.
Original newspaper article: "Slavia News." <em>The Central Florida Press</em>, Vol. 1, No. 9, June 20, 1930, page 3: <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida.
<em>The Central Florida Press</em>
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Slavia, Florida